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title: 'Light in Darkness: A Discourse Delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church, Stapleton, S.I, on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1862'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Thomas Harvey Skinner, Jr.'
date: 1862-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Providence'
- 'War and Peace'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 71'
- 'Daniel 2'
- 'Matthew 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/skinner-1862-light-in-darkness-a-discourse-delivered-in-the-reformed-dutch-church-stapleton-s-i-on-thanksgiving-day-november-27-1862
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# Light in Darkness: A Discourse Delivered in the Reformed Dutch Church, Stapleton, S.I, on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1862

Thanksgiving sermon (Nov 27, 1862) asserting God's providence governs nations and the Civil War. Calls Christians to thankfulness, sober hope, and faithful church witness amid crisis.

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